The INDEPENDENT, February 6, 2002
Page 13
Letters to the Editor
From page 12
civic participation. Mightn’t the rorist organization whose es
the sooner the city officially rec words shooting oneself in the tablishment in Vernonia was
ognizes this, the better.
foot come to mind?
commemorated by Old No. 20.
The notorious state of the
In point of fact, a brief list of Reading it, their natural re
commercial media is also cer a community’s red letter dates sponse may easily defeat the
tain and regrettable, as has published on a kiosk at a public ostensible purpose of the kiosk.
been pointed out by previous park has no more claim to the This is obviously an amateur
correspondents. Unfortunately, defenses allowed a history than mistake, no matter what the
absolution rests not on the does a personal resumé. Both
recognition of sin in others.
are artifacts of unabashed
I cannot see where the boosterism. The erroneous as
question of “leaking” arises at sumption that those events are
The Vernonia Police have
all. Old No. 20 was in the pub regarded with pride in the com warning that a phone scam is
lic domain. The published local munity is, therefore, natural operating in the area by some
letter circulated outside the and valid. This literary form ad one seeking Social Security
cadre of native Vernonians. mits no other interpretation.
numbers.
The world doesn’t end at Sun
I agree it is fair to point out
On January 28, a Vernonia
nyside. What is public here in that the city relied on the work resident received a message
public everywhere. Now it is of untrained volunteer ama on his answering machine ask
also public everywhere that ter teurs here. Such persons may, ing him to return the call at a
rorist tactics beguiled a local re indeed, not recognize a distinc toll-free number. When he
spondent
momentarily
-
tion between a history and a called, the phone was an
though for now, he promises re laudatory paean or recognize swered “EDSI” by someone
straint. And a local official, in an what is appropriate to each.
named “Ted,” who said he did
act bordering on illiteracy, char
Please remember, many vis n’t know who had called, but if
acterized a most polite and sin itors to Vernonia Lake may the Vernonia resident provided
cere letter as a condemnation, identify strongly with persons his Social Security number, he
while pleading for the author’s who were the targets of the ter “could determine who had
personal belief. Puzzling that
our experienced pro-growth ed
itor has failed to point out this
mistake. The rapidity of the en
tire document’s disappearance
shows this lesson wasn’t lost
on everyone.
Perhaps it is best to face
Area targeted by telephone scam
called.”
Pressed for information, Ted
never said what EDSI stood for,
but said they were “part of the
government” and were “updat
ing college level educational
records.” He continued to re
quest the Social Security num
ber and, not getting it, eventual
ly hung up.
As a rule, the Police Depart
ment warns, it is best not to re
turn calls to any number you do
not recognize. Also, never give
your social security number to
anyone you do not know.
such a situation fortified with
the wisdom of the great Danish
thinker, Kierkegaard. Human
passion and understanding are
as mud and gold. A great steed
teamed to an aged nag. The
best in us easily goes astray.
Experience is not so much a
guide as a further puzzle. And,
in the end, only honesty counts.
A mistake acknowledged is a
mistake surpassed.
Wayne Acton
Vernonia
Columbia Connty Sheriff
Jan. 10 - Sheila M. Nolan, 53,
M ist/Birkenfeld, reported a theft on
Freem an Road.
Jan. 16 - Robert Fitzgerald, 45,
reported a break in at his hom e on
Hwy. 47 in Mist.
M ore Law E n fo rce
m ent inform ation may
be found on pages 14
and 15.
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